It has potential but contains to much flaws
I must say, the game is for First Person Fanatics I nice game for in their collection. Especially if you like WO2 type of games.
But don't think, because it's a fairly new game that it is mind-blowing. It's a game like the sentence: "Been there, done that" with a lot of elements which you can relate with a whole array of other previous games of that genre.
Also, an instant classic, because it came on your path and you will walk over it and forget it again.
Okay...
Like in other reviews, I have to admit, the frame-rate can be nasty sometimes. I also found a bug when I was captured between a wall and a train of which I could not escape. That will happen often, so keep away from the walls or tight corridors which you already know you can't enter.
The AI of the enemy has some good things... When you throw a grenade, they will pick it up and defuse it or throw it back at ya... They run, they hide, they kamikaze... But to say that you can believe they are nazi's? Nope... The whole game does not give you the feeling that you are fighting against the nazi's...
The levels look pretty innovative... Not good, but it has potential.
The gameplay has a lot to offer, but it comes at you like in a very amaturistic way. Like... Blowing up a tank. But when you place the bomb, you get a little extra with it, for the feeling that you are really doing it, like in other games, you place a bomb and run away. In Turning Point, you REALLY place a bomb!
I also like the health in the game. You can't really die, unless you don't run away from the bullets. And a rocket or a tank impact will immediatly kill you. Health regeneration. That's why there is no need of a health bar. The screen is too full anyway... ;-)
Nice scenery like the big zeppelins in the sky like giant spacecrafts... Searchlights on the ground... If you get into that light, you get shot at.
You can use certain parts of the scenery in third person, like climbing a ladder or using a pipe to cross over something. Not that you just walk and shoot your way out... The game has certian elements that will keep you occupied... But all those elements, although very innovative and ambitious, they don't last long.
But the game does understand the environment, the possibilities, the tension, everything! It has everything what a game needs, but it can't express it loudly enough.
Bad graphics and bad sound effects. Action is all around you, but your personal action doesn't last long enough which you can enjoy. There is no joy to explore the rest of the scenery before you move on, because there is nothing to see. Just a liniear game.
And it can be hard too, because if you walk too far ahead, you die instantly.
I try to avoid the extra action scenes like taking a weapon from the enemy by force and choose one of the 4 difference death modes... I just want to play this game untill it's finished, that's my goal...
Okay... Overall, the game is good enough to have a good time of shooting in a different setting... A little bit of improvisation is needed for you to move on if your way is blocked. The AI is good enough (if you don't like it, play multiplayer then... I bet they can be more easily killed, although they run a bit abnormally fast)
Only 2 weapons at the time... So you can't get lost in your weapon collection. Realistic too... The weapons are not realistic, but like in other games, you have about 10 big weapons... Not realistic to carry all of them with ya, right???
Rent it or buy it, it is not that dissapointing... It will provide you fun and entertainment and it takes a few hours of your time away.
I give it an eight. If the graphics were great, this game would really deserve that eight, but the potention is there... Maybe they have learned something from this?
The game does not keep you occupied and focussed like in BLACK (xbox classic) but more like Half Life 2 (without the zombies or monsters)... I got the same vibes as for that game with this game...
Greetzzzz